IBT Staff Reporter

A top official from the Chinese education ministry at the Going Global Conference in Hong Kong announced that the country plans to turn itself into a hub for international education and take its international student population to 500,000.

Shares in Japanese manufacturers tumbled in the aftermath of Friday's devastating earthquake, as companies struggled to gather information from the stricken area and investors worried production could be hobbled for an extended period.

Japan's metals and energy sectors were grappling on Monday with power outages and raging fires unleashed by last week's devastating earthquake, but some ports and steel furnaces shut in a protective move reopened.

General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Immelt on Monday said it was too early to know what impact the nuclear power crisis in Japan would have on the nuclear power industry.

Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc agreed to buy chemical and lubricant maker Lubrizol Corp for $9 billion in cash, two weeks after he revealed the company's plans to use its huge cash pile on deals.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) said it has agreed to buy chemical company Lubrizol Corp. (NYSE: LZ) for $135 a share in cash, or $9 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in its history.

Anonymous, a hacker group sympathetic to WikiLeaks, released on Monday emails that it obtained from someone who said he is a former Bank of America Corp employee.

Besides aid from countries like China, US, Britain, relief pours in for Japan from big names of the tech and entertainment world including, Apple, Google, Lady Gaga and more.

Videos of a massive black sludge inundating an expanse of agricultural land in northern coast of Japan carrying with it houses, cars, ferries and everything that crossed its path failed to capture the human misery the devastating earthquake has left in its wake.

Brent crude touched a two-week low near $111 on Monday, down by nearly $3 on investor pessimism that economic growth will slow after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, while easing unrest in the Middle East threw the focus back onto ample oil supplies.

Brent crude touched a two-week low near $111 on Monday, down by nearly $3 on investor pessimism that economic growth will slow after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, while easing unrest in the Middle East threw the focus back onto ample oil supplies.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.5 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.7 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.1 percent at 0912 GMT (5:12 a.m. ET), as investors fretted about the impact of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Stock index futures fell on Sunday as investors reacted to the worsening situation in Japan.

Japanese stocks fell 7.5 percent, posting the biggest daily decline since October 2008, and bond yields rose on Monday as investors expected the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast to take an economic toll and require heavy government borrowing.

It was a crucial weekend in the Spanish La Liga as Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at Sevilla cutting their lead at the top to five points after Real Madrid had cruised to a 2-0 victory against lowly Hercules on Saturday.

The Bank of Japan eased its ultra-loose monetary policy further on Monday by expanding its asset-buying programme while keeping rates on hold.

Japan's central bank doubled its asset buying scheme to 10 trillion yen and supplied record funds to banks on Monday to shore up confidence in the economy hit by a triple blow of a massive quake, a tsunami and a nuclear emergency.

The team has worked on a novel ultra-low-power digital memory based on power phase change materials (PCM) that could drastically reduce the time between successive recharges of battery in all mobile devices.

Global companies from semiconductor makers to shipbuilders faced disruptions to operations after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan destroyed vital infrastructure and knocked out factories producing everything from high-tech components to steel.

Six and a half decades after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the second world war, a powerful earthquake plunged Japan into another nuclear crisis. Start the slideshow to see photos:

Japan's already weak economy faces deeper damage than initially thought from the triple blow of a devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, and risks prolonging its sluggish recovery.

A compilation of latest videos of the Japan tsunami, ranging from the footage captured by local witnesses to media outlets.

The economies of the biggest U.S. metropolitan areas began to grow again by the end of last year, but the recovery was slow, uneven and inconsistent and failed to spur much jobs growth, according to a study by the Brookings Institute released on Monday.

Asian firms from semiconductor makers to shipbuilders faced the risk of disruptions to their operations after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan destroyed vital infrastructure and knocked out factories producing everything from high tech components to steel.

Seven out of the top ten positions in a ranking of global universities by Times Higher Education according to their reputation and perception among academics were bagged by universities in the U.S., with Harvard emerging on top.

Shares in Asian companies tumbled on Monday after the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan that likely killed more than 10,000 people.

Brent crude fell by almost $3, reaching a two-week low near $111 on investor pessimism that economic growth will slow in the wake of Japan's earthquake and tsunami, while easing unrest in the Middle East threw the focus back onto ample oil supplies.

Japan's equity futures fell 6 percent on Monday as investors took stock of the economic damage from the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeastern region.

The Bank of Japan is expected to discuss easing monetary policy further at its rate review on Monday, sources familiar with the matter said.